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The Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on March 5, 1964Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 March 1964404,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 5, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.7% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
404,211 km251,165 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1964 is on Thursday, February 27, 1964 at 12:39 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 1964 at 02:14 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 27, 196412:39
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 6, 196410:00

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Thursday, March 5, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 13, 1964 to the new moon of March 14, 1964, a cycle of 29.55 days.